Cultivator.



C. P. HODGES.

GULTIVATOR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 19, 1910.

v Patnted Aug. 29, 1911.

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WITNESSES ATTORNEY PLANOGRAPH co. WASHINGTON D c c. P. HODGES.

GULTIVATOR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 19, 1910.

Patent ed Aug. 29, 19171.

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WITNESSES ATTORN EY AT FFTfiE oumxvaroa v To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLEs P. Honors, a citlzen of the United States,residing at Brownsville, in the county of Marlboro and State of SouthCarolina, have invented a new and useful Cultivator, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in cultivators.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofcultivators, and to provide a simple, inexpensive and eflicient one ofgreat strength and durability, designed particularly for cultivatingcotton and corn, and capable of preliminary adjustment to arrange thecultivating devices the proper distance apart to suit the width of therows, and of also adjusting the cultivating devices inwardly andoutwardly during the operation of the cultivator to suit the unequalwidths of the rows in the same A further object of the invention is toprovide a cultivator of this character, adapted to cut grass and weeds,thoroughly pulverize the whole bed, throw the soil toward the plants andlevel the ground.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claimshereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form,proportion, size and minor details of construction, with in the scope ofthe claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings :--Figure 1 is a plan view of a cultivator, constructedin accordance with this invent-ion. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of thesame. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on the line 83 of Fig. 2.Fig. 4 is a similar view on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a detailsectional view, illustrating the means for guiding and securing the plowcontrolling levers in their adjustment. Fig. 6 is a detail sectionalview, illustrating the construction of the plow.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

In the embodiment of the invention illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, the frame of the cultivator comprises in its con-Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 19, 1910.

Patented Aug. 29, 1911. Serial No. 572,762.

struction a central longitudinal beam 1, and front and rear transversebars or beams 2 and 3, secured at their centers to the bar or beam 1 andlocated in advance and in rear of the center thereof. The central beam 1is equipped at its front end with a suitable clevis 4, and the fronttransverse bar or beam 2 is braced by forwardly converging bars 5,secured at their outer ends to the front face of the transverse bar 2 atthe ends thereof, and connected at their front ends to the centrallongitudinal beam 1 at opposite sides of the center thereof. The reartransverse bar or beam 3 is similarly braced by forwardly convergingrods 6, extending from the ends of the transverse bars 3 to the beam 1and secured to the said parts, as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of thedrawings.

The front and rear transverse bars 2 and 3 are provided at their outerport-ions with slots 7 and 8, extending longitudinally of the transversebars 2 and 3 and receiving front and rear bolts 9 and 10 of spaced plow.

beams 11, adjustably pivoted at their rear ends to the rear transversebar or beam 3, and slidably connected at their front ends to the fronttransverse bar or beam 2. The bolts 10 constitute adjustable pivots andare movable along the slots 8 to vary the distance between the plowbeams, and they pivot the'latter to the rear transverse bars. The frontportions of the plow beams are provided with slots 12, crossing theslots 7 and receiving the bolts 9, which form a slidableconnection'between the front portions of the plow beams to permit thelatter to be adjusted inwardly and outwardly to suit the width of a rowat any portion thereof and to enable the soil to be cultivated close tothe plants without injuring the latter.

Each of the plow beams is equipped at its front portion with a sweep 13,connected with the plow beams by spaced standards 14 and braced by arearwardly inclined bar 15. The standards 14, which are curved, asclearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, are provided at their lowerends with attaching plates or flanges 16, which are bolted or otherwisesecured to the inner or rear faces of the sides or wings of the sweep13, but any other form of cultivating device may be substituted for thesweep, as will be readily understood. The upper ends of the standards 14are bolted, or otherwise secured to the side faces of the plow beams,and the brace 15, which has its lower end arranged 1 suitable fasteningmeans.

The central longitudinal beam 1 equipped with a cultivating device 19,consisting of a sweep plow located in rear of the sweep 13 and connectedwith the rear portion of the central longitudinal beam by curvedstandards 20 and an inclined brace 21, constructed and arranged similarto the standards 14 and the brace 15 heretofore described. The rearcultivating device is located centrally of the cultivator at the rearportion thereof and the adjustable cultivating devices are located atthe front portion of the cultivator at opposite sides of the same, andthey are adapted to cut down the grass and weeds, thoroughly pulverizethe soil, throw the same toward the plants and level the ground.

The adjustable cultivating devices are movable inwardly and outwardly bymeans of a pair of longitudinally disposed plow controlling levers 22,mounted von a common pivot 23 and arranged at the upper face of the beam1 through which the pivot 23 passes. The operating or controlling leversare crossed near their front portions and they have short fronthorizontal arms and relatively long inclined rear arms. Their front endsare connected by transverse links 24 with the plow beams 11. The rearportions of the levers 22 are arranged in a transverse guide 25,extending across the space between a pair of inclined handle bars 26 andsupported by the same. The handle bars are connected at their front endsto the central beam at opposite sides thereof and are supported by shortupright bars 27, mounted upon the rear transverse beam 3. The guide 25consists of an oblong loop having-terminal projecting attaching .portions or lugs 28, and provided at the bo tom with teeth 29, arranged atintervals and forming intervening notches to receive coacting teeth 80.of the levers 22. The operating levers are locked against lateralmovement by the toothed guide, and they extend laterally beyond thelatter and are located at the space between the rigid handle bars of thecultivator, and either lever is adapted to be instantly adjustedindependently of the other to move either cultivating device inwardly oroutwardly to suit the requirements.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A cultivator of the class described including a frame, spacedindependently adjustable plow beams located at opposite sides of theframe and provided with cultivating devices, said beams being pivoted tothe cultivator frame at one end and slidably connected with the frame atthe other end and arranged to swing transversely, and separate operatingmeans mounted on the frame at a common point and movable past each otherand connected with the plow beams for moving the same inwardly andoutwardly. I

2. A cultivator of the class described including a frame havingrearwardly extending inclined handle bars, spaced independentlyadjustable plow beams located at opposite sides of the frame andprovided with cultivating devices, said beams being adjustably pivotedto the cultivator frame at one end and slidably connected with the frameat the other end and arranged to swing transversely, and separateindependently operable levers fulcrumed on the cultivator frame on acommon pivot and movable past each other and connected with the plowbeams for moving the same inwardly and outwardly, said levers extendingrearwardly to the rear portions of the handle bars.

3. A cultivator of the class described including a frame provided withinclined handle bars, adjustable plow beams provided with cultivatingdevices and pivotally connected at one end with the cultivator frame andslidably connected at the other end with the same, separate operatinglevers fulcrumed on the cultivator frame and having a common pivot andmovable past each other and consisting of horizontal front arms andinclined rear arms extending along the space between the handle bars,and means for connecting the short arms of the levers with the plowbeams.

4. A cultivator of the class described'in cluding a frame provided withinclined handle bars, adjustable plow beams provided with cultivatingdevices and pivotally connected at one end with the cultivator frame andslidably connected at the other end with the same, separate operatinglevers fulcrumed on the cultivator frame and having a common pivot andmovable vpast each other and consisting of horizontal front arms andinclined rear arms extending along the space between the handle bars,means for connecting the short arms of the levers with the plow beams,and a transverse guide carried by the handle bars and extending acrossthe space between the same and connecting a said handle bars andreceiving the rear arms of the levers, said guide being provided atintervals with teeth for engaging the levers to lock the same .in theiradjustment. 7

5. A cultivator of the class described including a frame comprising acentral longitudinal beam, transverse beams secured to the longitudinalbeam and extending from opposite sides thereof and provided withlongitudinal slots, plow beams provided at one end with slots and havingfront and rear fastening devices operating in the slots of the plowbeams and the transverse beams, the fastening devices at one end of theplow beams forming adjustable pivots for mounting the pivoted ends ofthe plow beams at fixed points and the fastening devices at the otherend of the plow beams slidably connecting the same with the adjacenttransverse beam, and operating mechanism connected with the plow beamsfor moving the same inwardly and outwardly.

6. A cultivator of the class described including a frame comprising acentral longitudinal beam, and front and rear transverse beams extendinglaterally from the longitudinal beam, a central cultivating deviceconnected with the rear portion of the cultivator frame, plow beamslocated at opposite sides of the cultivator frame and pivotallyconnected with one of the transverse beams and slidably connected withthe other and provided with cultivating devices, inclined handle barsrigidly connected with the cultivator frame, and operating leversmounted intermediate of their ends on a common pivot and arranged toswing past each other and extending along the handle bars and connectedwith the adjustable plow beams for moving the same inwardly andoutwardly.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have heretoaflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES P. HODGES.

Witnesses:

T. E. MoCALL, J. M. BRUSINGTON.

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Washington, I). G.

